The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

By Dr. Steven Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly Podcast talkshow discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal, fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality -Produced by the New England Skeptical Society in association with the James Randi Educational Foundation(JREF) : http://www.theness.com

Live From New Zealand; Special Guests Siouxsie Wiles and George Hrab; This Day in Skepticism: Water on Mars; News Items: Intermittently Wet Mars, Glowing Bacteria, Dunning Kruger, Dawn Whale, YouTubes Algorithms; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism: Phineas Gage; News Items: Jack the Ripper Claim, Common Core, Canada's War on Science, Dreadnaughtus, Supplement Company Sues over Criticism, Brian Dunning; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Correction; Science or Fiction

Interview with James Marsters; This Day in Skepticism: Hattie Alexander; News Items: Medical Conspiracies, Autism Onset, Artificial Yeast, Conflicts of Interest; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism: Lydia DeWitt; Special Report: What Scientific Idea is Ready for Retirement; News Items: No Black Holes?, Giant Stones of Egypt; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mithras; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism: David Vetter; News Items: IgNobel 2013, Top Quarks End Universe, Alien Life on Earth, The Physics of Homosexuality, Regeneration; Who's That Noisy; Questions and E-mails: Quantum Energy; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism: Robert House; News Items: Hunt for Alien Spaceships, 3-D Printing, Lunar Calendar, Full Moon and Sleep; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Man-Chimp-Pig; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism: Insulin; News items: Giant Virus, Gluten, Death Wave, The Pitch Drops, Revenge of the Conspiracy Theorists. Cassini Picture of Earth; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Live from TAM 2013; Guest Rogue: John Rennie; This Day in Skepticism: Viking 1; Special Report: Grand Canyon; News Items: The End of the World, Sailing Stones, Scrotal Evolution, Moons of Pluto; Interview with James Randi and Jamy Ian Swiss; Science or Fiction; Questions: Cynicism, Monsanto

Interview with Paul Offit; This Day in Skepticism: Carl Zimmer and Erno Rubik; News Items: Seeing Through Walls, First in Flight, Tylenol and Fear, Spinning Pharoah; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Head Transplant; Science or Fiction

Interview with Joshie Berger; This Day in Skepticism: homosexuality and the DSM; News Items: Creationist Tactics, Truth in Education, Dawn of Life, History of Cheese, Vampire Warning, Ocean Robots; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism: The Billygoat Curse; News Items: The Physics of Roulette, Vitamin D and the Common Cold, Harpooning Satellites, Bee Brains; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: WTC7 Collapse; Science or Fiction

Interview with Pixar's Chris Ford; This Day in Skepticism: The Great Moon Hoax; News Items: The Sun is Round, DNA Storage, FDA and Homeopathy; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Pregnancy from Rape, E-bay and Magic; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Dino Mating, Blowing Up Asteroids, Punching for God, Occ the Skeptical Caveman; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Kinesio Tape; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Interview with Gripp (Marshall Gillson); This Day in Skepticism: World Health Day; News Items: Smart Sand, Enclothed Cognition, Death by Homeopathy, Small Scale, Rhino Horn; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Interview with James Randi; This Day in Skepticism: Patenting Life; News Items: Tennessee Anti-Evolution Bill, Origin of the Moon, Mystery Cloud on Mars, Newage Mountain; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Interview with Martin Rundkvist; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Psychic Predictions 2011, Hacker Satellite, Testing Violins; Quickie with Bob - Lost World of Antarctica; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Climate Change Confirmation, Steve Job's Cancer, New GPS, Pre-Clovis Find; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Brush Before or After; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Interview with Elizabeth Loftus; This Day in Skepticism - Life on Mars; News Items: The 27 Club, Blood-Red Lake, Earth Trojan Asteroid, Radioactive Heat; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: If It Can't Be Measured; Science or Fiction

Interview with Bill Nye; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Skeptical Conferences, Victory for Evolution in Texas, New Moon for Pluto, Life in the Universe, Connecticut Chupacabra; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Interview with Eugenie Scott; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Tau Day, Body Temperature of Dinosaurs Measured, Magnets and Blood Flow, Guru in Sweat Lodge Death Convicted, Close Call for the Space Station; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Two New Elements, The Decline Effect, Zicam Inventor Arrested, Lasers from Human Cells, Mood Ears; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: The Enemy Within; Science or Fiction

Interview with James Randi about Martin Gardner; News Items: Energy of Early Life, End for Mars Phoenix Lander and Atlantis, Vaccine Safety, Accepting Science, Exonerated by Acupuncture; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Live from NECSS 2010, with Special Guest: James Randi; Items: Volcano in Iceland, Near Death Experiences, Sound Bullets, Injured by Price Scanner, Singh Libel Suit dropped, Two Moms and a Dad, Girl Speaks German After Coma; Science or Fiction; Live Questions

Special Guest: Daniel Loxton; News Items: Book Release: Evolution, Dowsing for Bombs, Alien Life on Earth, Ginger Dinosaurs, I have Lizards in my Pants; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Addiction; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction